MDM spent the past couple of days at the annual Power Transmission Distributors Association Industry Summit. The summit drew more than 800 participants.
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A few takeaways on the association level:
The PTDA is a leader in the Industrial Careers Pathway initiative, focused primarily on the recruitment of students into industrial distribution programs (and then into industrial distribution careers). As the initiative’s executive director says: “We’re good at talking to each other about problems in recruiting in our industry, but we’re not so good at making a case for our industry to those not in ‘our world.'” The initiative has dozens of …
